Pro Hockey Notes (AHL)

Clarkson has five alumni playing in the American Hockey League as the 2011-12 season starts, and all five were members of Clarkson's 2007-08 squad, which won the ECAC Hockey regular season title and eventually reached the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals before falling 2-0 to Michigan.Two of the AHL players are rookies: Mark Borowiecki (Binghamton) and Brandon DeFazio (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton). The other three were part of former coach George Roll's first full recruiting class: David Leggio (Rochester), Shawn Weller (St. John's) and Steve Zalewski (Albany).DeFazio is making a reputation as a fighter as well as a scorer so far in the AHL. Here's a clip of a recent tussle he was in, followed by an interview he did for a college hockey website.

This week's final video features Leggio matching up against Buffalo's Nathan Gerbe after practice during training camp.